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Here's a new thread for discussing aircon, aubergines, and Goth music.

Yes I am hopeful my (to be) yr 4 one will be back.

The yr 8 and 10 not so sure, back in some capacity, just not full time.

It was just a joke... about the thresd 😳

I need a space to declare my shallowness on the lipstick front, but that is just in here.

Both my girls will be at secondary in September. I really hope that they are back. We can't just abandon the teenagers. DD1 has been out of school since March and is already showing worrying mental heath issues.

The little one has only been at the school since September, so is struggling with keeping friendships going and also hasn't done anything that would be her 'firsts'.

I went to Bluewater today for a spot of non essential shopping. It was a bit strange with a one way system and most of the food outlets closed, but it was also good to see the majority of the shops open. I’ve had a £100 voucher for the centre since Christmas, I intended to use it for summer holiday clothes but instead it got used for I’ve gone up a dress size in lockdown clothes .

And if we want to embed blended learning this will do it. Not sure if the NEU realises that it is unlikely there will be a way back.

@TheGreatWave it's rubbish for your Year 7 it's a tough year at the best of times.

Lets hope its better than we fear.

The thought of schools not going back is making my brain feel all stretched as if it's about to snap. And I just want to cry. The thought of this not ending is making me want to just leave and walk away.

@Drivingdownthe101

I think there’s a strong chance of primaries going back, bubbles of 30. Some guidance has been issued this evening, will have a look later. Secondaries... not so sure. I have no eggs in the secondary basket but think they’re being properly screwed over.

I agree.

We have Ds who will be going into reception, hopefully.

And then DSS, who we haven't seen during lockdown as pre lockdown he fell out with us for, well, parenting him. His teachers have emailed us saying he's doing fuck all, which doesn't surprise me but there's nothing we can do about it because his mum won't engage with dp. Dps mum tells us he's been spending a lot of time at his girlfriend's house (he's asked her for lifts as his mum doesn't have a car and wouldn't take him anyway as against the rules, and he knows we wouldn't go against his mum's wishes as he lives with her!)

Fuck knows what will happen to him if they don't go back soon. He needs a kick up the arse. He's so bright as well, but he needs proper encouragement and routine.

He lived with us for two years, his behaviour improved, attendance improved, attitude and grades improved. And then he moved out because he didn't like that we had rules (no rules at mums in comparison) and it's all gone to shit

I’m exhausted all the time and I do nothing. I think I’m just wrung out from being permanently WITH people. I had a nap this afternoon and I feel I could sleep 15 hour nights.

I’m in Scotland and yesterday felt the schools announcement was a beacon of hope - but I can’t get rid of that niggling thought it won’t actually come to fruition.

You know what my Lidl has in at the moment?

BAILEYS DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM CONES. Oh yes.

I believe that schools will all go back, and that we will find a way, because we have to. Whatever it takes. As parents we are, in general, intensely motivated to fight for our children and the alternative is writing a whole generation off educationally. So we'll do it. We'll find a way. There is nothing more important.

@Shodan can I have the "not gentle" option please?

On it.

I'll be there tomorrow. Mitts and pads optional.

Ds2 and I went for a bike ride down by the river and saw a group of people swimming. In the 14 years I've lived here I've never seen that before. Good on 'em, I say.

Ds2's school still seems grimly determined to open in September, all year groups, full time. I sincerely hope they can stick to it. Ds2 has suffered long enough now.

I ventured into Facebook earlier and someone had shared a post by some media outlet about the beaches today and how they will cause a second wave. Didn't last time though did they! The pictures they've posted make it look as though people are crammed in like sardines so I don't take it seriously at all. Everytime I've been to a beach there is always space between the groups, nobody goes and puts their towel right next to a stranger's one.

I am bored with feeling anxious about DH over this virus when he doesn't seem to care at all. I don;t really mind getting it myself as I'm lower risk but he got a letter and hid it from me so as not to worry me.

It feels stressful thinking you could give it to them and make them ill inadvertantly, but then he is out and about, back at work and no doubt to the pub asap!

What is more difficult a dementor DH or an at risk DH who thinks he is invincible?

I have faith that the schools will be back full time in September. Apart from anything else, the economy is in enough shit. We need people to be able to work.

On schools both our primary and secondary have sent details and dates etc as if opening as normal in September, having meet the teacher days and class details etc. Fingers crossed

Does anyone else hate the phrase 'Covid secure' when used to describe places opening? It would be completely impossible to secure against it. We can take various steps to reduce the risks and people can choose for themselves which level of risk they are happy with, but there is still some risk and nothing in life is ever secure.

@NothingIsWrong I hear you. I'm the same.

I feel I can cope till the end of summer but if it carries on longer and schools don't go back I may well lose my mind. I love my kids, I love my job, we can't manage without my salary. I can't continue to do both at same time 😢

Yes that covid secure is another annoying phrase and as you say, falsely reassuring / misleading perhaps

From the BBC

Dr Mike Ryan, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO), has praised the UK for the way it is easing restrictions.

He said there had been a "steady, slow and step-wise exit from lockdown conditions" in the country.

Dr Ryan said the government had communicated the changes to the population at large and to the WHO – with a consistent dialogue between the four nations of the UK over regional differences.

He said testing in the UK had now increased and the "surveillance system is capable of understand where the disease is".

His comments came after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the next level of lockdown easing would take place on 4 July, when businesses such as pubs and restaurants can reopen under government guidelines.

My mind has been on a shoogly peg for a few years and I was just getting it back on an even keel. This has destroyed all that progress. My children deserve better, and it feels like an option that I would just leave and let better people take over.

Both schools have sent plans for next year that are part time based on 1m distancing.

I can't even access my fury about this bullshit. It's like I'm numb to it.

I was hopeful last week and now all I can see if that I am being way too happy about crumbs of freedom being bestowed.

My children have a right to a full time education. My anger will come back and I will fight for that.

My children deserve better, and it feels like an option that I would just leave and let better people take over.

Um, no. You are awesome, remember?

@BarkandCheese

I went to Bluewater today for a spot of non essential shopping. It was a bit strange with a one way system and most of the food outlets closed, but it was also good to see the majority of the shops open. I’ve had a £100 voucher for the centre since Christmas, I intended to use it for summer holiday clothes but instead it got used for I’ve gone up a dress size in lockdown clothes .

Hello! Can I delurk to ask about Bluewater? I have been wondering about going just to wander around. Are the coffee shops open? Or any of the icecream stands in the middle of the paths? Basically tell me all about Bluewater!

Can I also say that I am at risk of losing my sanity if I see "here comes the second wave" over some picture taken with a dodgy camera angle. People really don't seem to understand risks of transmission.

At my job. Or at parenting. I can't do both. If I stop working I will break anyway. So keep the job, able to contribute to society but then I can't do the parenting. Or do the parenting, but sink into sheer despair and blackness

Aw Nothing it sounds like you need a break. They will go back, they can't keep it going on like this. It will be OK

@NothingIsWrong

At my job. Or at parenting. I can't do both. If I stop working I will break anyway. So keep the job, able to contribute to society but then I can't do the parenting. Or do the parenting, but sink into sheer despair and blackness

That's why I've stopped thinking about it, I guess. My brain doesn't want to go where this is leading if schools don't open fully 6 months after we shut down our society to save some people and kill others.